"And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, {There is} a noise of war in the camp…" — Exodus 32:17

Exodus 32:17 · KJV

“And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, {There is} a noise of war in the camp.”

— Exodus 32:17

Verse 16

And the tables {were} the work of God, and the writing {was} the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

Verse 18

And he said, {It is} not the voice of {them that} shout for mastery, neither {is it} the voice of {them that} cry for being overcome: {but} the noise of {them that} sing do I hear. {being...: Heb. weakness}

Exodus 32 — Context

And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony {were} in his hand: the tables {were} written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other {were} they written.

And the tables {were} the work of God, and the writing {was} the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, {There is} a noise of war in the camp.

And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.

Cross References

Exodus 24:13

And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.

Exodus 17:9

And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand. {Joshua: called Jesus}

Amos 2:2

But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, {and} with the sound of the trumpet:

Joshua 6:16

And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city.

1 Samuel 17:52

And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.

Joshua 6:5

And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long {blast} with the ram's horn, {and} when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him. {flat: Heb. under it}

Psalms 47:1

[To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.] O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. {for: or, of}

1 Samuel 4:5-6

And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.